What the vulnerability does

01Description

Ruby before 2.4.2, 2.3.5, and 2.2.8 is vulnerable to a malicious format string which contains a precious specifier (*) with a huge minus value. Such situation can lead to a buffer overrun, resulting in a heap memory corruption or an information disclosure from the heap.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 15, 2017 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated